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Officials: Accused Texas killer targeted other officials KAUFMAN (AP) — The man charged in the deaths last year of two North Texas prosecutors had intended to kill other law enforcement officials, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

The records contend former Justice of the Peace Eric Williams sought to kill Kaufman County District Attorney Erleigh Norville Wiley, who was previously a judge in that county, just east of Dallas. Authorities also allege Williams had targeted a former district court judge, Glen Ashworth.

The documents filed in Kaufman County do not indicate why Williams allegedly sought to kill Wiley and Ashworth. But WFAA-TV in Dallas reports that Williams had worked with Ashworth as a court coordinator prior to getting his law degree.

Williams faces capital murder charges in the shooting deaths of District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, at their home in Forney, Texas.

He’s also accused of killing Kaufman County prosecutor Mark Hasse.

Authorities believe Williams bore a grudge against McLelland and Hasse for successfully prosecuting him for stealing three county-owned computer monitors. That conviction cost Williams his law license and his job as a justice of the peace.

The court records were filed Tuesday by special prosecutor Bill Wirskye in the lead-up to Williams’ December trial. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

Instructor convicted in Air Force sex scandal dies SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The first Air Force instructor convicted of rape and sexual assault in a massive sex scandal at one of the nation’s busiest military training centers has died while in prison, officials said Tuesday.

Staff Sgt. Luis Walker, a former instructor at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, was found unresponsive Friday at the federal military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kanas. Denise Haeussler, a spokeswoman for the fort, said Walker was taken to a hospital, where he died Sunday night.

Haeussler said the cause of death was still being investigated and that no further details would be available until Army criminal investigators have completed their work in the case. It was unclear how long that would take.

Calls to Lackland’s public affairs office were not immediately returned Tuesday evening.

Walker had been serving a 20-year prison sentence. In July 2012, a military court found Walker, then a married father with two sons, guilty of 28 counts of rape, aggravated sexual assault and aggravated sexual contact.

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Enrollment growth puts strain on Tech parking

By MCKENZI MORRIS

By DEVON BURGESS

Epermits and parking passes for those on campus, went into effect Aug. 18 and last for the academic school year. As more people arrived on campus, the number of parking violations handed out increased.

Stacy Moncibaiz, marketing coordinator at University Parking Services, said parking services issues many warnings at the beginning of the school year.

She said she believes people genuinely do not know where to park, and does not want to see anyone get a ticket.

“A lot of students are trying to get used to the system of parking on campus because they’re new and (the system) is new to them,” Moncibaiz said. “They come from high school where they don’t have to worry about it and then come to a campus with over 33,500 people on it. It’s a big switch for them.”

Last week, Nick Ramos, a freshman general business student from Stamford, said he received a parking citation for parking just over the line.

He said he purchased a permit because he felt he would need one with his car being on campus, but it has been a difficult experience.

“It’s hard (parking on campus) because there is hardly any space to park a truck,” Ramos said.

According to the Texas Tech Parking website, it is a $10 fine to not have a visible permit or license plate when parked on campus.

Moncibaiz said the main people who receive citations are the ones that do not have a permit at all, whether students, faculty members or guests.

“We’ve moved everything online and it has made the process a lot easier for our customers,” Moncibaiz said. “It lets our customers experience their online accounts and the different entities, whether it’s bill pay or vehicle registration (easily).”

Permit sales have gone up in recent years with the shift to being completely online, Moncibaiz said.

With more than 30,000 students converging on campus, parking options for students at Texas Tech are limited.

The steady growth of enrollment at Tech year after year has led to a decrease in the amount of parking spaces available on campus, something Gabriel Simental, a junior business major from Cypress, has experienced first hand.

“I came to Tech three years ago and you can look around and see that more people are here on campus,” Simental said.

In 2010, Tech Parking Services transitioned from physical copies of parking permits for students to an electronic format.

The move at the time was aimed at helping campus parking services best utilize spaces and cut service costs, according to a statement by parking officials.

“Eighty-five percent of (a parking enforcer’s) time is spent looking at cars that belong in a parking lot,” Eric Crouch, managing director of parking services, said in a statement. “If we can speed up that process, and have a computer go through and tell you that one doesn’t belong, they spend their time focusing on the actual enforcement time.”

According to Tech Parking Services websites, ePermits are still available for students to purchase this school year.

As a commuter student, Simental said he has had no problems purchasing an ePermit to park on campus this school year.

“I have bought a pass the last two years and I haven’t had any problems getting it or been put on a list,” Simental said. “It’s not difficult to do it but I always buy mine early.”

According to the Parking Services website, year-long parking passes can be purchased in the Commuter North, Raider Park Garage, Commuter West, Satellite lots and evening Commuter parking lots.

The most affordable parking permits are the Evening Commuter and Commuter Satellite lots, each costing just under $40 for nine months, according to the parking services website.

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Parking passes are still available for purchase in the Commuter North, Raider Park Garage, Commuter West, Satellite and evening commuter parking lots.

The cheapest parking permits are for the Evening Commuter and Commuter Satellite lot costing $19.78.

Flint avenue parking garage currently has a waiting list as does the Stangel/Murdough parking lot.

Students may buy parking passes for 7:30 am to 5:30 pm, Monday-Friday, must have an epermit or valid permit to park on the interior of campus.

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Abortion restriction struck down

By JACI TISCHLER Staff Writer

Friday, U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel out of Austin sided with abortion clinics about an issue that would have successfully shut down more than a dozen abortion clinics across the state.

The failed Texas law would have required all abortion clinics to meet hospital level operating standards and various other requirements that would have led to millions of dollars worth of construc-

tion, according to Yeakel’s opinion.

If Yeakel had not issued a motion to end the law, women’s accessibility to abortion facilities would have dramatically decreased.

“Personally, I am against abortion because of my religion,” Miranda Buchanan, Tech student, said. “There are so many other options than abortion.”

The intent of the law was only to close current licensed abortion clinics, instead of improving them for women’s health, according to the ruling.

“If a woman is in need of an abortion, I believe that is it her right to make that choice,” Alex Schaubut, a Tech student, said, “and she should be given the proper tools to make that happen.”

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App created to track sex offenders, most wanted

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The Texas Department of Public Safety created a mobile app that allows users to track sex offenders based off locationbased information.

The app provides a database of the state’s sex offender registry and the Texas 10 MostWanted lists.

The app is free to download on any iPhone, iPad or Android device.

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resource for students on campus in regards to safety.

“If I felt that I was endangered, I think this app would be helpful. If it is night and you are all by yourself, it could be useful to decide which places to avoid,” Flores said. “It would help keep you aware of your surroundings.”

The total number of Texas sexual assault incidents in 2012 was 17,835. This was a 1.39% decrease in comparison to 2011, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Reports.

Ashley Roest, a freshman biology major from Emory, said sexual abuse is a problem

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“I don’t think it is very known. Sexual abuse is a subject that a lot of people don’t feel comfortable talking about,” she said.

“Abuse seems to be a subject that goes under the radar of most people.”

The mobile app would serve as an intelligent resource on or off campus, Roest said.

The app is a useful resource for safety precautions, and brings awareness to the potential offenders within the location. However, the app is not for everyone, Roest said.

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Former Red Raider Wes Welker receives NFL suspension Former Texas Tech and current Denver Broncos wide receiver Wes Welker has been suspended for the first four games of the NFL season, according to ESPN. Welker, who was about to begin his 11th season as a professional at 33 years old, received the suspension from the league office after testing positive for amphetamine, or “uppers,” use, according to ESPN. A graduate from Heritage High School in Oklahoma City, Welker played on the Red Raider football team from 2001 to 2003, according to the Tech Athletics website, as a wide receiver and the team’s primary punt returner. Welker still owns the Tech record for most punt return yards in a single game.

Welker went undrafted out of college, but caught on with the Miami Dolphins and later the New England Patriots, according to the NFL’s website, before signing with Denver after the 2012 season.

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All fountains, with the exception of the fountain in Memorial Circle and the fountain behind the Texas Tech seal on Broadway, will remain turned off and without water until further notice.

The decision to turn off the fountains came from a mandatory compliance with the city of Lubbock’s stagetwo drought plan, Mike Quartaro, director of the Grounds Maintenance Department, said.

“We’ve had the fountains off for about two months now, ever since the restrictions went into effect,” Quartaro said.

All businesses and residential areas that pull from the city of Lubbock’s water supply must comply with the restrictions, according to the city of Lubbock’s Water Department website.

One student noticed and was disappointed by the lack of water. “I have noticed but didn’t think much of it. It does seem different around campus,” Cody Pennell, senior agricultural engineering major from Sherman, said.

“Holden Hall seems quieter and less relaxing. The fountains were kind of nice because they gave you a place to relax and reflect,” he said.

Another student was upset by the empty fountains.

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She feels this is because it is less time consuming for people, she said, and they can access their accounts easier.

“It used to be in the past, if you got a crack in your windshield and had to get it replaced, you had to scrape off the sticker, bring it to our office and then pay one dollar to get a replacement permit to put on your vehicle,” Moncibaiz said.

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“I probably wouldn’t download the app. It is a great idea, but I just personally don’t know if I would feel comfortable,” she said. “I think it would scare

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TEXAS TECH HAS turned off fountains around campus with the exception of those in Memorial Circle and behind the Tech seal. The decision was made because of Lubbock’s stage-two drought plan.

“I have noticed that they’re off.

I just assumed they hadn’t gotten around to turning them on. I feel frustrated. We’re paying $20,000 a year and we don’t even have water in the fountains,” John Norton, a sophomore business major from Granbury, said.

The stage-two water restrictions in

Lubbock go beyond just the fountains, however. When and how much grass can be watered is affected as well.

Watering days are designated based on the last digit of a location in the address, according to the website.

Water restrictions also affect aesthetic uses as well.

“Nowadays, you can do all of that online at any time of day and it updates across the entire system instantaneously and is a lot easier for our customers.”

A student residence hall parking permit is $244, and can only be used in the specified Z parking lot, according to the website.

Ramos said Tech cannot do anything to realistically ease the process other than make the permits cheaper, he said.

“I think [parking] should be free for students,” Ramos said. “It’s what any

college student expects.”

Having a bike on campus is free, but it must be registered online, according to the website.

Moncibaiz said parking services redid that portion of the website to meet higher demands over the summer.

“We’ve seen a real influx of bicycles on campus,” Moncibaiz said, “so we’ve been giving more attention to those and making sure students know the rules and what to do to keep them safe.”

Moncibaiz said parking services try

me more than do me any good.”

It would be a helpful resource to have as a school administrator when taking students on field trips or to any off-campus activities, said Roest.

Every 21 hours there is a rape on an American college campus, according to the 2005 National Crime Victimization Study by the United States Department of Justice.

According to a 2003 report from the Department of Justice, college women are most vulnerable to rape during the first weeks of their freshman and sophomore years.

“When you are new to college

you really don’t know much about the campus or the city,” said Roest.

“The app could help keep you safe in unfamiliar places.”

The app is organized into five categories Featured News, Sex Offender Registry, Human Trafficking and iWatch Texas.

The Featured News section provides easy access to any breaking news offered by the Department of Public Safety. The Fugitives program alerts about the most wanted sex offenders in Texas. Sex Offender Registry allows you to locate offenders according to your location, and the Human

Trafficking program provides recent reports of nearby cases.

In addition, the app allows users to report suspicious behavior or submit tips for wanted suspects, according to the DPS website.

“The app is a dynamic and interactive link between the public and our department,” said DPS director Steven McCraw. “Today’s digital age makes it imperative that Texans have easy and immediate access to an array of DPS programs, services and resources — and this app puts that power at their fingertips.”

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the spaces in Commuter North C1, according to parking services website. Commuter North - C1 is the parking lot next to Jones AT&T stadium.

“I always hear people complaining about parking in that area near the stadium,” Martinez said. “Supposedly they sell too many passes to the students and you have to drive around looking for a spot.”

Students wanting to purchase permits for the Flint Avenue parking garage will be on put a waiting list, according to the parking services website.

Students living in the residence halls are offered spaces in the parking garage before commuters. Graduate students are also able to purchase parking in the garage, according to the website.

“I bought my pass during the

summer because I was moving off campus,” Martinez said. “So I wasn’t one of the people who had to be wait listed.”

While Tech moves closer to having 40,000 students on campus by the end of the decade, parking spaces could become even tougher to find.

Alex Stephens, a freshmen premed student from El Paso said she plans on driving to school next year when she lives off campus.

“In the summer they kept telling us that a lot of people were coming to this school now, so I think parking on campus is going to be hectic next year and the years after that,” Stephens said.

While student attendance continues to grow, Tech parking officials have no immediate plans to construct new parking facilities.

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“The cost of commuting is better when you compare it to the money they charge you for living on campus,” Simental said.

Tech’s parking policy allows for commuter students to park in any of the commuter lots after 2:30 p.m. during the weekday.

Buses are provided for students at each commuter parking lot, a service Vanessa Martinez, a sophomore from Flower Mound, said she takes full advantage of.

“It really is not that bad parking on the other side of campus then having the bus take me to my class and back to my car,” Martinez said.

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“It’s an ongoing process for us and we’re always looking for a way to improve. Each group of students that comes onto campus, we have different methods of trying to reach them,” Moncibaiz said. “We’re always open to new things and whatever [the students] might find helpful.” ➤➤mmorris@dailytoreador.com

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Nail polish detects date rape drugs

By KRISTEN BARTON Staff Writer

A group of undergraduate students at North Carolina State University recently developed a nail polish product to reduce the number of sexual assault and date rapes that occur across the nation.

According to a report by the Department of Justice, 19 percent of undergraduate female students have reported being victims of sexual assault.

When the nail polish, Undercover Colors, is inserted in a drink, it will change colors if the beverage has any type of date rape drug in it, according to the group’s Facebook page.

Drugs that can be detected include Rohypnol, Xanax and GHB, according to the page. In addition to gaining rapid awareness through social media, it has also gained rapid controversy.

“I think that it does what every other prevention method does, which is teaches us that women need to look after themselves,” graduate student and teaching

assistant Lauran Schaefer said. “With that being said, I won’t tell students ‘oh don’t get the date rape nail polish’ because it’s pretty important that they’re able to protect themselves in the status quo, but it’s the same answer we’ve continually given which is that we’re gonna teach the people that are most likely to be victims ways in which they need to protect themselves while ignoring the way perpetrators act.”

In addition to teaching a course on public speaking, Schaefer said she studies sexual assault on college campuses and graduated with a minor in women’s studies.

Schaefer said she has concern not only for victims, but for the perpetrators as well.

“Why aren’t we creating pants that catch on fire if dudes put date rape drugs in their pants? That seems like a better solution to me,” Schaefer said, “but that’s not what we’re doing.”

Feminists are now beginning to study the nail polish and the effects it will have on rape culture and sexual assault, she said. Perpetrators need to be taught what acceptable behavior is.

“Feminists theorize that sexual assault happens because men have a sense of entitlement to female’s bodies. And that’s not to say that all men are bad, it’s saying we need to change our education programs to address those sort of issues,” Schaefer said.

“It’s about learning to respect women and that we aren’t entitled to their bodies in any way shape or form.”

From a scientific standpoint, students have voiced their opinions on the newly developed product.

“Coming from a chemical engineer standpoint, I don’t know what makes it change color so something else in the drink might trigger it,” chemical engineering major Kwadwo Nketia said. “So one drink might not be spiked but something in the drink could still trigger it.”

“I don’t think women should have to resort to it I think men should just not rape women,” education major Brandon York said. “I think sexual assault will stay the same, first you have to change men raping women.” ➤➤kbarton@dailytoreador.com

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ALEX SANCHEZ, A freshman music education major from Lubbock, practices on the marimba in the music building on Tuesday.

Texas Tech on-campus spirit organization looks to add new members

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VICTORY REY, MEMBER liaison, Sydney Cox, president, Brian Butchart, treasurer, and Justin Hughes, vice president, founded the TTU Wreckin’ Crew, a new spirit organization. The spirit organization will attend all arena events this fall.

By AMY CUNNINGHAM La Vida editor

A new campus spirit organization will be cheering on the Texas Tech volleyball and basketball teams this fall in the United Supermarkets Arena.

The TTU Wreckin’ Crew will be at all arena sporting events and is currently accepting new members until the start of basketball season, Sydney Cox, a

senior communication studies major from Plano, said.

“I’m really excited to get the student body involved,” Cox, president of the spirit organization, said. “We’re really hoping that we can help increase attendance at games as well. We want to keep people on their feet and keep the entire arena pumped and into the game.”

The group currently has less than 50 members but aims to

reach around 100 members total, Cox said.

During the summer, Promotions and Fan Engagement reached out to members of another spirit group, Justin Hughes, a senior communication studies major from Rowlett, said.

“We had all signed up previously for the Rowdy Raiders,” Hughes, vice president, said, “which was something similar that they tried to get started.

It never fully developed, so our names were on a waitlist or something, and we got involved.”

Rather than completely revamp Rowdy Raiders, Assistant Director of Promotions and Fan Engagement Marshall Thornhill said, they wanted to create a new organization with a fresh slate.

Being a new organization, Hughes said the Wreckin’ Crew will have the opportunity to create traditions of their own.

“We’re all seniors, so this is our last hoorah at all of this,” Hughes said. “I think Tech has one of the greatest student bodies anywhere, and when they’re involved, they’re very involved.

We want to see them really get behind the teams this year and create a legacy.”

When researching for the group, the officers looked for inspiration across the country, Thornhill said, including student organizations from Arizona State and Michigan State.

Promotions and Fan Engagement wanted to know how the Wreckin’ Crew should be governed, he said, and how they involved coaches as well.

“We have really big support from all three coaches of our arena sports,” Thornhill said.

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With more than 33,000 students enrolled at Texas Tech, the campus is filled with students walking and biking to class amidst, while others drive vehicles.

Stacy Moncibaiz, the Marketing Coordinator for Transportation and Parking Services, said they are reviving its Street Smart program.

“The Street Smart program covers all modes of transportation, whether that’s driving a vehicle or riding a bicycle or even just walking,” she said.

“We aim to address safety however students choose to travel.”

The Street Smart program is based in Washington D.C., Moncibaiz said, and it is shared across the country with others interested in implementing it.

Parking Services introduced the program to Tech a few years ago, she said, and it is used along with other programs whenever they feel it is necessary.

“We’re looking at taking an inventory of the needs here on campus this year,” Moncibaiz said. “We’re currently still working on everything, and walking and texting will be one item we focus on.”

Texting while walking around campus can be dangerous, she said, and there have been instances where students walk into buses while texting.

More than 5,000 pedestrians were struck by vehicles in Texas in 2012, according to the Texas Department of Transportation website, resulting in 2,962 serious injuries and 481

“It’s important to be aware of your Land, said he had an accident on his bike last year. surroundings in “It didn’t inany mo de of volve a car,” he transportation,” said. “I wasn’t Moncibaiz said. focused enough, “It is even more and I ended up important to be falling down aware on camsome stairs on pus because we campus. I had have a large some bad bruispopulation cones, but it could centrated in a have been a lot relatively small worse.” area.”

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success in the past, and Moncibaiz said she hopes it will have a positive impact this year as well.

“We want everyone on campus to be safe,” she said. “We want students to know the rules for when they’re riding bicycles. It’s also important to know the rules of driving a vehicle.

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“They’re excited to see them and are very willing to help in any aspect that they can. They agree it’s almost a necessity to have a core group of students who are there that you can count on. No matter what’s going on on the floor, there’s always a party in the stands.”

To e n s u r e t h e Wr e c k i n ’ Crew remains loud and at every game, Cox said, there will be various incentives and rewards for active members.

Dominique Hammond, a senior communication studies major from Edmond, Oklahoma, said members will be expected to attend 50 percent of volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball games.

“This is all relatively new, so we’re still figuring out what is feasible and what is not,” Thornhill said. “There will be a point system in place. The more games you attend, the more points you get, and there will be different levels of points. You could get cool UnderArmour gear, have the opportunity to meet with coaching staffs, spend some time on the floor or get a tour of the arena, among other things.”

Additionally, at the end of the basketball season, members who

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have reached a certain number of sports will have the chance to attend the Big 12 tournament, Thornhill said.

The Wreckin’ Crew will involve more than cheering and painting faces, Hammond said.

The group plans to get involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Boys and Girls Club of America and Habitat for Humanity, she said.

“It’s not just about being crazy at basketball games,” Hammond said. “We want to give back to our community, too. We want to encourage the student body to come out and give back.”

The Wreckin’ Crew will start its own traditions in the arena, she said, and more students will want to join as they see the organization out in the community and in the stands.

The organization will make its premiere at the Sept. 11 volleyball game at 6 p.m., Cox said.

“We want people to fear coming to Lubbock,” Hughes said.

“Our teams are good, and our student body is loud. Anything that goes on over at the arena, the Wreckin’ Crew is going to be there to support it, and be loud and proud, crazy Red Raiders.” ➤➤features@dailytoreador.com

• In 2012, vehicles on Texas roads struck more than 5,000 pedestrians resulting in 2,962 serious injuries and 481 fatalities.

• Vehicles also struck more than 2,000 bicycleriders resulting in 1,450 serious injuries and 56 fatalities.

•From 2011 to 2012, there was more than a 13 percent increase in fatalities of pedestrians (13.2%) and over a 19 percent increase in fatalities for cyclists (19.1%).

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Social media harmful to interpersonal relationships

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ocial media is a platform that has debatably had a positive impact on society right from its inception. This is partly due to the way it makes the world appear as one closely knit community rather than a large mass of several continents. Nonetheless, this platform over the years has been misemployed in amanner which I believe was not the original intent of its makers.

Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Snapchat, Instagram and Yik Yak are a few of the many social networking sites that have gained prominence and have been involved in the social media takeover.

Thanks to social media, I can sit in my room and tweet at my old greatgranddad about five thousand miles away and not have to write a letter and wait several weeks for a response, as was the case some years ago.

While I would want to be able to still communicate with family and friends within the shortest possible time using this medium, it appears as if the social media craze is taking away our human instincts and our inborn traits, which is not only disheartening but also calls for great concern.

Today it is commonplace to see people substituting quality time they could spend with family and friends for time on social media. Men and women checking their phones, or let me say, their social media pages, while on dates is nothing new to talk about.

Anytime I am on a bus to class, I try to see if I can spot anyone looking up and not checking their phone. Amazingly, I only see people looking down, with some smiling and other ones giggling while no real conversation is ever made with the people sitting right next to them.

Guys forget to stand up for the ladies as real gentlemen do because they are too busy on their phones to even notice them, while ladies inadvertently fail to give attention to their potential suitors because they have unread posts on Twitter.

People prefer liking pictures on Facebook to complementing the physical looks of family and friends right in their presence. Instead of visiting sick relatives to check up on them, we all like to customize post cards and send them via social media.

Banquets, parties and receptions meant for social networking have been turned into events where

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Francis Cobbinah people prefer checking their phones and social media pages to talking to other guests who could be potential employers or even lifetime partners.

I used to have a “Twitter addicted” friend who would sit in church every Sunday and tweet the most random things with a hash tag like #Churchbased #PastorInNewSuit and yet he always forgot the sermon by the end of the service. Who cares what the Pastor is wearing when the message cannot be remembered?

What happened to visiting friends every now and then to make them understand we care? What about the little complements we told relatives in their face that made them blush a little, brightened up their day and made the world a whole lot better?

What happened to paying attention to the needs of others and being able to pick up lessons from church to better our everyday life?

What happened to starting random conversations with strangers in buses and street corners, and what became of gentlemen mustering courage and approaching ladies to engage them in conversations for the first time?

This illusion of social media and the mirage it creates in the eyes of several people is a menace that must stop.

What happens at the end of this craze is people will end up creating a mighty empire of make-believe friends on social media when in reality, they have no friends and are very lonely without even knowing it.

The makers of technology and social media intended it to draw people closer and not to push them apart. I am neither an enemy of social media nor technology. However, by sacrificing quality time with friends, honest compliments and networking opportunities for time on social media, the imminent repercussions of our actions will come back to bite us one day and the gravity of this outcome can only be best left to one’s imagination.

Today it is commonplace to see people substituting quality time they could spend with family and friends for time on social media.

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Astros’ management faces perception problem Andrew T

o say the Houston Astros have been Major League Baseball’s most dysfunctional team over the past few years is an understatement. But through all the futility, declining fan attendance, and changes in ownership and management, the Astros at least have a plan — to completely tear down what had previously been a mediocre organization with almost no young talent and rebuild it from the ground up.

While the rebuilding project is beginning to show signs of success — the team is performing better this season while the farm system is consistently ranked as one of the best in baseball — the organization is facing a perception problem, which may have reached its pinnacle following Monday’s firing of manager Bo Porter. The Astros’ management looks unfriendly, cold and calculating, a perception which can only hurt the club.

Porter certainly didn’t deserve to be fired based on performance. The team has already won more games this season than it has in any season since 2010. Porter’s firing instead was largely personal — he and Astros General Manager Jeff Luhnow didn’t see eye to eye. On Aug. 29, Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports stated in an article that multiple sources confirmed Porter and Luhnow were butting heads and “Porter expressed his frustration with Luhnow to (Astros) owner Jim Crane.”

Luhnow responded by firing Porter.

According to the Fox Sports article, Porter’s issues with Luhnow stemmed, “from a lack of input and from his belief that Luhnow engages in excessive second-guessing of his in-game management.” Additionally, Rosenthal noted that, “Those critical of Luhnow say that he keeps a small circle, communicating mostly with director of

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decision sciences Sig Mejdal and others while rarely consulting the team’s on-field staff, executive advisor Nolan Ryan and special assistant to the GM Craig Biggio.”

More knocks on Luhnow come in regards to the team’s last two No. 1 overall draft picks, 2014’s Brady Aiken and 2013’s Mark Appel. The Astros failed to sign Aiken to a contract after drafting him in June, with the team raising questions about Aiken’s health.

According to a Sports Illustrated article, after the Astros and Aiken agreed to a $6.5 million signing bonus, a physical showed Aiken to have an abnormally small ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow, which the Astros felt put Aiken at a greater risk of needing the dreaded Tommy John surgery in the future, though the ligament was not damaged and Aiken was pitching without pain.

Still, the Astros cut their offer by more than 50 percent to the minimum amount which would allow the club to be compensated with the second overall pick in next year’s draft if they failed to sign Aiken, which is exactly what happened. Luhnow, as the GM, is responsible for these decisions.

Appel was brought to Houston

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in July to throw a bullpen session at Minute Maid Park, though that decision was made by Luhnow without Porter’s knowledge or input, according to Rosenthal. Appel’s invitation to Houston drew the ire of a number of major league players who felt the young pitcher was getting preferential treatment and should pay his dues in the minors before pitching in front of major league coaches, according to a Yahoo Sports article.

As manager, it was Porter’s job to handle the major league players, but how exactly was he supposed to explain Appel’s Houston visit to the angered players when Porter himself was not made aware of nor consulted about it?

Another Rosenthal article from March 19 discusses the Astros’ decision to have then-top prospect George Springer start the 2014 season in the minor leagues after Springer rejected the club’s offer of a sevenyear, $23 million contract in September 2013. By leaving Springer in the minors for the first few weeks of the season, even though they obviously felt he was ready for the majors after offering him $23 million, the Astros gained another year of team control before Springer would be eligible for free agency. Again, this decision rests on Luhnow.

What this adds up to is the perception problem the Astros are facing, and it mostly, if not entirely, stems from Luhnow. He seems to make every move in a cold, calculated manner. He casts out those who disagree with him in such a way that would make Kevin

The Astros’ management looks unfriendly, cold and calculating ...

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Spacey’s “House of Cards” character Frank Underwood proud.

Agents and players will look to the Aiken negotiations and the club’s handling of Springer and hesitate to do business with the Astros. Coaches will see how Porter was left out of the loop — and then pushed aside when he complained about it — and be reluctant to come to Houston.

This is where Luhnow must work his hardest. He’s proven he can acquire talent and build an organization, but he entirely lacks the ability to manage people. His incessant reliance on sabermetrics and statistical analysis has some benefits, but he seems to treat people as numbers rather than human beings.

Part of being a GM, whether Luhnow likes it or not, is building those personal relationships, treating people fairly and managing them effectively.

Micromanaging everyone is not effective. Consulting with a few select people while ignoring others is not effective. Running the organization like it’s a video game rather than a business employing real people is not effective.

Luhnow has to recognize that perception, fair or unfair, means a great deal, and if the perception around the league is that the Astros don’t treat people fairly and instead look at them as mere numbers on a chart, no one will want to work or play for the club, and fans may withhold support.

As GM, Luhnow is directly responsible for that perception. There is still time to fix it, but he has to start fixing it now, because if he continues down this road, no amount of statistical analysis will save the Astros.

Gleinser is The DT’s opinions editor and a second-year law student from Kingwood. ➤➤ agleinser@dailytoreador.com

Tattoos can impact professional standing, success

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hen we think of words that describe professionalism, we often come up with criteria that have been assigned by someone else. We are told in order to play the part you have to look the part, which includes dressing in suits, being well groomed and not having tattoos.

I have always been told someone who works as an attorney, doctor or even a police officer should never have tattoos if they want to be respected. In school, teachers would warn the only job you’d find if you had a visible tattoo would be flipping burgers, but why? Where did this discrimination against people who find beauty in body art arise?

If I’m being honest I do agree that it is very rare to come across an attorney, doctor or even a bank teller showing off his or her body art, but I disagree with it being completely banned or even a reason to not hire someone. A person’s skills pertaining to their job and how well they perform them should be more of a reason

Mark Tijerina to hire them than the fact that they have a dragon tattoo on their arm.

Previously, people would associate tattoos with gang members or people who wanted to appear “tough,” but in this day and age, tattoos have become a visual representation of a person’s identity. Many people get tattoos in remembrance of someone who has passed away, some parents get portraits of their children, and some people get them simply because they think they are beautiful.

To some employers, the visibility of the smallest tattoo can cost a person their job. According to Fox News, in July, a Michigan woman’s employer threatened to fire her if she didn’t get her tattoo removed.

The woman’s tattoo is on her hand

and is no bigger than a penny. In the article, the woman says she had the tattoo when she was hired and it has only recently become a problem after five years of working for Starbucks.

If someone can’t even be employed at a coffeehouse due to a tattoo smaller than a penny, how does anyone with any larger visible tattoo expect to be hired at a professional level? It can happen. In high school, I interned at Lubbock County Courthouse and met a judge who had his wedding ring tattooed on his finger.

He was a highly respected man and even his employers found nothing wrong with the visibility of his tattoo. So what’s the issue? Size and area?

According to CNN, “The workplace doesn’t seem ready for tattoos in certain areas – mainly the face, head, and neck.” Many companies rely on appearance to gain customers, so the image the employees represent is the image the whole company represents.

If you go to a grocery store and

the cashier has a tattoo on her neck, chances are you are not going to care.

If you are searching for a realtor to sell your house and they have a tattoo on their face, you most likely are not going to hire them.

The difference is realtors rely on being presentable to attract buyers.

A tattoo on their face would not necessarily draw in a crowd, but more than likely it would distract or dissuade buyers from paying attention to the house.

Students going into the job field should be aware of the regulations against body art when applying for jobs. Some employers may be OK with it, while others may decide your fate with their company as soon as they see your tattoo. While I don’t agree that tattoos should be a means for not hiring someone, I do agree that sometimes it’s more appropriate in some cases to have them covered.

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Reality television distorts viewers’ perception of reality

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or years, we’ve been told watching grisly murders in crime shows and calculated executions in action movies would lead us to a propensity for violence down the road. Seeing as 98 percent of United States households have at least one television, it makes sense to believe the programs we watch have an impact on us. However, a form of television with a much deeper influence is being overlooked: reality television.

As an avid viewer of reality television, I’ve heard every criticism in the book. It is fake; it is trash television; it will turn your brain to mush. While each of those arguments holds some truth, they skirt over the actual issue with reality television — it warps its viewers’ sense of reality.

Despite its namesake, reality television tends to be heavily scripted.

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Jemima Johnson The people are often caricatures of themselves and the conflicts are over the top. Many cast members of these shows, such as Audrina Patridge from “The Hills,” have revealed their altercations on the show were staged.

Now, I’m not saying after one episode viewers will have the urge to splurge on the latest designer bags or slap their best friends. The outrageous actions aren’t too much to worry about.

It’s the way they shape our views of the people around us.

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ships between the characters are extremely distorted. Romances are frequent and fleeting, families are fragmented and argumentative, and friendships are tenuous and dishonest.

“The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” commercialize the concept of love and condense it into a television show. “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” is a primary example of focusing on the weaknesses of a family’s bond more than the strengths. “The Real Housewives” series sees cast members constantly using their friends to further their own needs.

In an already disconnected society, it distorts our views of others and our expectations for our own lives.

Of course, I don’t blame these perceptions solely on reality television shows or their cast members. The blame rests on both the producers and •Letters The Daily Toreador welcomes letters from readers. Letters must be no longer than 300 words and must include the author’s name, signature, phone number, student ID number and a description of university affiliation. Students should include year in school, major and hometown. We reserve the right to edit letters. Anonymous letters will not be accepted for publication. All letters will be verified before they are published. Letters can be emailed to dailytoreador@ttu. edu or brought to 180 Media and Communication. Letters should be sent in before 3 p.m. to ensure the editors have enough time to verify and edit the submission.

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the consumers for enabling them to grow. In fact, one of the worst effects of reality television is it desensitizes us to the real struggles of the people on screen.

All things considered, these are still real people we’re watching. To some degree, what we see on television every evening is their lives. They may be paid to amp up their personalities and pull hair from time to time, but that doesn’t make them any less human.

Reality television isn’t always reality and shouldn’t be taken as such.

However, it shouldn’t be used as an excuse to make the people around us out to be less human either.

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The Texas Tech football team was not satisfied after its one-touchdown win over Central Arkansas Saturday night.

As a result, Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said the Red Raiders are going to have a tough week of practice before their next game.

Tech senior linebacker Sam Eguavoen said he was embarrassed by how his team underestimated the Football Championship Subdivision Bears. “(Our performance) was poor. It was not what I expected,” he said. “Too many guys came out there thinking it was just UCA, thinking we were going to run all over them, but we didn’t. It was just lack of discipline, really, all across the board.”

One of the main reasons the Red Raiders were able to maintain the lead in the second half was because of senior wide receiver Bradley Marquez, who ended the game with a career-high 11 catches for 184 yards and two touchdowns.

Marquez said despite the game not going according to plan, the team reached its main goal and is now moving on to the next opponent, University of Texas at El Paso.

“We got to put (the Central Arkansas game) behind us now, it’s over.

We got the win and that’s it,” Marquez said. “We’ve got to learn from it. The film, we’ve watched it, and it’s on to UTEP now. I don’t think we are going to dwell on it. Some guys forget that we got a victory. It could have been a lot worse. It’s better to learn from a win like this than a loss, so I think there is a lot of lessons learned from this game

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that can help us throughout the course of the season.”

Kingsbury was disappointed with the team’s overall performance, he said, and expects things to be different next Saturday.

One player Kingsbury said he was impressed by was Marquez.

“I’m very proud of (Bradley Marquez). Everybody knows he stuck around this summer and voted team captain. Without him, we would not have won that game,” Kingsbury said. “He stepped up. A lot of other guys were floundering around, but

he stepped up and made plays. Just excited that he has found that role and continued to excel at it.”

Now that most of the receivers on Tech’s roster do not have much experience, the coaching staff has talked about how important it is to have a player like Marquez on and off the field to lead players at their position.

Marquez said he was glad to have a big game, but he was just doing whatever he could to help Tech win the game.

“Like I said, I’m a senior. This is my last go around, so I want to do

everything possible that I can for this team, whatever it may be,” he said.

“With Coach Morris being in the box and Coach Kingsbury having his hands full with the offense, somebody needs to be able to talk to these guys on the sideline, and I felt like that’s something I can do a lot better, and I will do a lot better going forward. But as far as the performance, I just did what I had to do when my number was called.”

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Redshirt sophomore Lauren Douglass wins conference award Texas Tech redshirt sophomore middle blocker Lauren Douglass was announced Monday as this week’s Big 12 Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week, according to a Tech Athletics news release.

This marks the first time in school history a Tech player was named Big 12 Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week since the conference award was

created in 2007.

Douglass comes off an MVP performance in her debut for Tech and first weekend of NCAA competition, according to the release, at the Titan Classic tournament hosted in Fullerton, California.

Douglass tallied a total of 35 kills, averaged 1.64 blocks and had a hitting percentage of .554 in three matches at

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The Flower Mound native recorded double digit kills in each of the three matches of the tournament and hit over .600 in two matches.

Douglass currently ranks sixth in the Big 12 in overall kills and second in hitting percentage.

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4602 64TH St.- 3/2/2car garage- $1050/mthNEW CARPET, UPDATED COUNTER-TOPS, 1650sqft, nice neighborhood- 806-797-7047

Route Driver and Mail Clerk needed M-F 1:00 - 6:30. Apply in person at PPS, 1418 Crickets Ave.

TUMBLING INSTRUCTOR and Boys Hip Hop Instructor Wanted. Call 795-0108.

Fax: 806.742.2434

Call and confirm pricing and payment.

3603-42ND Street. All appliances, w/d hookups. $333.33 per bedroom. $600 deposit, 543.6764, 470.6559.

ORLANDO’S ITALIAN Restaurants are looking for enthusiastic servers (paid 2.13+tips) and telephone order takers(paid min wage + tips) with some daytime availability. Previous wait experience preferred, but you must have a good attitude and love people. TABC certification is mandatory for all staff serving alcohol.

HOW TO APPLY: Apply on our website, www.orlandos.com by clicking on “EMPLOYMENT” on the headings at the top. Apply in person Monday through Thursday, 2pm-4pm. 2402 Ave Q, or 6951 Indiana. No phone calls please!

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT for local company. Bachelor’s preferred. Heavy G/L, reporting and recon’s.

Send resume to HireMe79424@gmail.com.

Phone: 806.742.3384

Call us to place your ad by credit card.

2 BEDROOM 2 bath. $895. No pets. No smoking.

Close to Tech. 2710 36th St. Call 777-3405.

We established restaurant Now hiring servers flexible hours No experience required El Chico Restaurant 4301 Marsha Sharp Freeway Next to Otto’s Granary

SEEKING TEACHERS for Alliance Church Pre-K. Sundays 9am-12pm, Wednesdays 6:15pm-8:15pm. A background check will be run. Email resume to info@AllianceChurch.us or call Stephanie, (806)598-2456. Prefer CPR and First Aid certified

For the fastest and easiest service, place and pay for your ad online! Click on the “Classifieds” link on our Web site to get started!

E-mail: dawn.zuerker@ttu.edu Remember to include a contact number!

MISCELLANEOUS MODEL NEEDED

Professional drawing group has been meeting for 37 years. Every Tuesday evening 7 p.m. $30 for two hours. Call 798-3067.

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